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Dr Hajar Fatorachian
Graphic reading 'LBU Research Voices'
🤝In our latest LBU Research Voices, we asked Dr Hajar Fatorachian all about her experience of preparing for academic promotion - and her career journey leading to her recent promotion to Reader.
🔗 bit.ly/3VX3hmg
Read about her advice and the milestones that have shaped her career! #AcademicSky
#OpenAccessWeek #OpenResearch #AcademicSky #PhDSky #LBUResearch
08.10.2025 10:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A close-up of an iPhone showing the LBU Library Open Access web page.
📚LBU research colleagues and PGR students - join us for two online workshops during Open Access Week 2025!
🗓️Accessing Knowledge Freely: What You Read Shapes Research, Mon 20 October bit.ly/46HCm44
🗓️Sharing Knowledge Freely: How Your Publishing Choices Shape Access, Weds 22 October bit.ly/4nekX8d
A view of the mai seating area in LBU's The Knowledge Exchange, with a pull-up stand in the main focus, which says 'Welcome to The Knowledge Exchange'.
Join us to build your 90-day generative AI plan, in a free, hands-on workshop for business leaders delivered by Dr Alan Shaw, Leeds Business School.
🗓️Thurs 30 October
🕘09:00 - 12:00
🏛️The Knowledge Exchange, Rose Bowl
🎫 bit.ly/4gLfVOF
#AI #Leeds #AcademicSky #businesssupport
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🏆LBU colleagues - don't forget to submit your nominations for our outstanding research and support colleagues in the 2025 Research and Knowledge Exchange Awards!
➡️➡️➡️ bit.ly/3KjIMO9
⏱️Nominations close on Sunday, 12 October, with the winners being announced on day 2 of #RKEFest25 on 19 November.
Event speakers, Liz Wood and Susanna Jackson
🌎Join us for an insightful event on navigating the journey to #NetZero as industry and academic experts share practical advice and case studies to support our #SME community.
🗓️Thurs 16 October
🕘09:00 - 10:00
🏛️The Knowledge Exchange, Rose Bowl
🎫 bit.ly/42jRkdP
#sustainability #research
@alexsobel.co.uk @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social @benmaguiremp.bsky.social @catherineatkinson.bsky.social @fabianhamilton.bsky.social @katiewhitemp.bsky.social @richardburgon.bsky.social @sarahgreenld.bsky.social @tessamunt.bsky.social @tomtugendhat.bsky.social
30.09.2025 08:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Lewis Simpson will be presenting his latest research on Value Based Metrics in Prison at #EvidenceWeek – please join us in Parliament on Tues 4 November for a quickfire policy briefing -
senseaboutscience.org/evidence-wee...
@shsslbu.bsky.social #AcademicSky #Research @senseaboutsci.bsky.social
Dr Ash Ahmed and Habiba El-Gharably holding waste medical material (floc) which they are repurposing as a low carbon aggregate in civil engineering materials - in Habiba's right hand she is holding floc, in her left hand she is holding asphalt concrete for roads and highways, and Ash is holding concrete, which both contain waste floc.
💚In our latest LBU Research Voices interview, we spoke to Dr Ash Ahmed about his first Knowledge Transfer Partnership #KTP with @nugreen.bsky.social
🗞️ bit.ly/4nr1npQ
The team are repurposing #NHS healthcare waste to create new low-carbon materials for the civil engineering industry
#sustainability
Graphic reading 'Festival of Research and Knowledge Exchange, The Inclusive Lens: PGR Research in a snapshot, 2025 PGR Photo Competition'
📢Calling all LBU Postgraduate Research students!
📸Have you entered our 2025 PGR Photo Competition?
🔗 bit.ly/3KjIMO9
🗓️The deadline for entries is Midnight, Sun 5 October and winners will be announced at #RKEFest25 on Weds 19 November. 3 winners will receive Love2Shop vouchers.
#PhDSky #LBUResearch
🚨Yorkshire Universities launches NEW strategy to champion Yorkshire
Our 2025–2030 #Strategy is now live and our strategic priorities are set!
We will:
Amplify Regional Strengths
Unlock New Ideas
Partner to Drive Place-based Impact
🔗Read: bit.ly/YU2025-30Strategy
#yorkshire #highereducation
Dr Olivia Wyatt alongside text reading 'Black History Month'
🎫Join us on Tues 14 October as @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social marks 50 years since Chapeltown's Bonfire Twelve incident, sharing her research into women's roles in resisting racism and injustice in #Leeds.
🕕18:00 - 19:00
🏛️Rose Bowl, City Campus
🔗 bit.ly/480KUUD
#BlackHistoryMonth #AcademicSky
LBU's KTP team with their award at the Innovate UK KTP awards 2024.
🎉We are proud to share that LBU is once again in the top 20 of UK universities in the latest Knowledge Exchange Framework #KEF5 for our work with business, research partnerships, and work with public and third sectors!
🗞️ Read more - bit.ly/4pET2QX
#AcademicSky #research #KEF
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Calling all LBU researchers! Would you like to speak at this year's Festival of Research and Knowledge Exchange?
We're inviting expressions of interest from LBU researchers at all career stages to present their research at #RKEFest25 on Weds 19 November.
Submit your EOI by 28 Sept! bit.ly/3KhezyX
Image showing 2 blocks of flats covered in green plants
🌳Join us on Monday 29 September for Sensing Leeds - Shaping the Future of Urban Environmental Data
🕤09:30 - 12:00, The Knowledge Exchange, LBU
🎫 bit.ly/4nGyjdR
Discover how we're collecting environmental data across #Leeds to build a greener, smarter city! #sustainability #AcademicSky #research
Northern Ballet dancers Dominique Larose and Joseph Taylor in rehearsal for Jane Eyre. Photo by Emily Nuttall
🩰We are thrilled to share our new research partnership with @northernballet.bsky.social to support the performance, wellbeing and health of dancers through sports science.
🔗 bit.ly/4pscbp6
⬆️Read all about the new Knowledge Transfer Partnership. #KTP #research #dance #AcademicSky #LBUResearch
Read our latest article on The Conversation, from Dr Sarah Price @leeds-lsi.bsky.social - 'When insulation goes wrong – the science behind why botched retrofits can be so damaging'.
#AcademicSky #retrofit #insulation #sustainability
New on @theconversation.com - Dr Pinky Jain discusses the benefits of mixed-age classes in primary schools:
theconversation.com/is-your-chil...
#research #education #AcademicSky @lbu-schoolofed.bsky.social
For LBU colleagues - you can update your new profile now by logging in to Symplectic!
15.09.2025 10:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A close-up of a woman's face looking at a laptop screen with 'Find experts at Leeds Beckett University' and an image of the Broadcasting Place building.
🔎Did you know you can search for LBU academic experts, using our new Discovery platform?
profiles.leedsbeckett.ac.uk
Connecting expertise, fostering partnerships, and showcasing research excellence across the university! #LBUResearch #AcademicSky
A female coach on a football pitch holding a football, with COACH written on the back of her hoodie.
Find out how we're driving gender equality through #sport by challenging barriers and creating opportunities for women and girls to thrive. ⬇️
🔗 bit.ly/3Vby1j4
Guided by the UN #SDGs, @carnegiesport.bsky.social is turning global ambitions into real change. #AcademicSky #research #genderequality
Blurred image of a man and poster reading Early Career Researcher Network
🤝We are delighted to share that the @britishacademy.bsky.social 's Early Career Researcher Network now includes Yorkshire & Humber!
🔗 bit.ly/47DnDbj
The network offers free events, training and peer support for post-doctoral researchers working in the humanities and social sciences. #AcademicSky
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Liam Wraith at his LBU graduation
💡In our latest LBU Research Voices, we met up with Liam Wraith to find out what life is like as a Knowledge Transfer Partnership #KTP Associate whilst starting a Masters by Research.
🔗 bit.ly/4ndCyNO
LBU grad Liam managed our Kingfisher KTP and now has a permanent job with the company! #PhDSky
@carnegiesport.bsky.social
03.09.2025 13:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The LBU Carnegie School of Sport building
📢We are recruiting for a Sport Health Tech Incubator Manager (Fixed term to 31st March '29) as part of a very exciting new initiative launching at LBU!
✒️Find out more and apply here bit.ly/4mHjvvl
#sport #healthtech #Leeds #Leedsjobs #LeedsBeckett
A group of Early Career Researchers at LBU chatting at a round table in the Great Hall at the launch event of the Network.
📢Calling all Early Career Researchers at LBU! Whether you are a colleague or PGR student, our new LBU ECR Network is here for you to connect and feel part of the research community.
Our next networking session is Tues 9 September, 12:00-13:00 in The Knowledge Exchange, City Campus
➡️ bit.ly/3USs62b
The entrance to The Knowledge Exchange with a banner saying 'Welcome to The Knowledge Exchange'
🎫Join us for our next free Living Lab: Business Support Masterclass - Demystifying AI
🗓️Thurs 25 Sep
🕣08:30 - 10:30
🤝The Knowledge Exchange, The Rose Bowl
🔗 bit.ly/41duYKt
Hear insights and experience from our experts and other business owners. #AI #SMEs #LBUResearch #AcademicSky #Leeds
A close-up photo of a globe on top of a spiral notebook on a desk
🙋What is the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS), and how might it affect your #LBUResearch?
🔗 bit.ly/4mh3JY5
🌏If you're involved in political influence activities at the direction of a foreign entity, registration is now a legal must. Find out more in our new blog post. #AcademicSky
#AcademicSky #PhDSky #Ethics #AI #Research #ResearchEthics #LBUResearch
07.08.2025 08:03 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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📢New on LBU Research Voices - Tips on Navigating Research Ethics, from confidentiality to working with vulnerable groups and tackling AI.
bit.ly/4olHnpL
Prof Anthony Maher @lbu-schoolofed.bsky.social and Debbie Morris, Digital Library Service Manager and PhD student, share their experiences.
